Invitrogen and HUPO (the Human Proteome Organization) launched the HUPO Gold Mass Spectrometry Protein Standard sampling program for development of what Invitrogen calls “the first commercially available all-recombinant human protein standard for mass spectrometry.” Applied Biosystems introduced the Cliquid Drug Screen and Quant Software for Routine Forensic Toxicology, a new software application for its LC/MS/MS […]
The January 31 issue of IBO reported on the analytical technologies used for biofuel research and production. In December 2007, a white paper on internationally compatible biofuel standards was published by a tripartite task force made up of biofuel experts, including those from Brazil’s National Institute of Metrology, Standardization, and Industrial Quality (INMETRO), the European […]
Fluxion Biosciences appointed AutoMate Scientific as a distributor of its BioFlux System. Amaxa and Promega will develop applications based on their respective Nucleofector technology and luciferase reporter assay technologies to monitor cell signaling events in cells that are difficult to transfect. Roche Applied Sciences will exclusively market systems for real-time cell analysis based on ACEA […]
Biomotif AB entered into an agreement to distribute Analytica of Branford’s MS systems. Caprotec Bioanalytics GmbH, a developer of Capture Compound MS technology for targeted isolation of protein or protein classes, received €6 million ($8.8 million) in January in two rounds of financing. Thermo Fisher Scientific announced the integration of Matrix Science’s Mascot search engine […]
On January 15, the Korean Science and Technology Ministry released a plan to place Korea among the top three countries for nanotechnology by 2020. According to the plan, by 2020, Korean companies would control 20% of the global nanotechnology market, generating sales of $260 billion per year by 2015 and $500 billion in 2020. Nano-element […]
Paoli, PA 2/11/08—AMETEK has purchased Newage Testing Instruments, a manufacturer of hardness testing equipment. Newage will join AMETEK’s Measurement and Calibration Technologies division. AMETEK Chairman and CEO Frank S. Hermance stated that Newage’s “hardness testing equipment and technology complements our Lloyd Instruments universal materials testing machines and broadens the range of materials testing solutions we […]
Caluire, France and Pensauken, NJ 2/1/08—Setaram, a provider of thermal analysis and calorimetry systems, has acquired Hy-Energy, a manufacturer of gas sorption instruments for clean energy applications. “The integration of Hy-Energy with Setaram further strengthens Setaram Instruments’ North American operations and provides us with a physical presence on the West Coast, closer to many of […]
Carlsbad and Santa Clara, CA 2/5/08—Invitrogen and Agilent have reached a confidential agreement to settle three lawsuits. Stratagene, which Agilent acquired last year (see IBO 4/15/07), was a party in all three suits. Under the agreement, Agilent will make a payment to Invitrogen for an undisclosed amount and discontinue sales of RNase H minus reverse […]
Velocity11 launched the Automated Microplate Spin-down Station for 320 microplates, which integrates the BenchCel Microplate Handling System and the Vspin Access 2 Microplate Centrifuge. CyBio AG introduced the CyBi-DiluSpro 8-channel pipettor for volumes of 0.5 µL–250 µL, the CyBi-Well vario multichannel pipettor for volumes of 25 nL–250 µL and the CyBi-RoboSpense all-purpose pipetting robot. Eppendorf […]
: In January, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a $13.4 million loan for Kazakhstan’s Technology Commercialization Project (TCP). The TCP has a total budget of $75 million, $61.6 million of which comes from Kazakhstan’s government, and seeks to restore some of the country’s scientific capacity, which was strong during the Soviet era. […]
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